On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Rich Hickey <richhic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Dec 22, 8:55 am, "Mark Volkmann" <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I thought that every symbol and keyword was in some namespace, >> defaulting to the current namespace when the symbol or keyword is >> defined. > > Symbols and keywords aren't 'in' namespaces. They are just names and > that might have namespace components.
I don't understand the distinction. Wouldn't one say that everything with a given "namespace component" is "in" that namespace? >> Since the default namespace in the REPL is user, that's what >> I expected. I get the same error though with any symbol that I def. >> For example, >> >> (def n 1) >> (namespace n) > > You don't def symbols, you def vars. (def n 1) creates a var named by > the symbol n, with a value of 1. > > When you say n in an expression context you are asking for the value > of the var named by n, i.e. 1. > > Vars and Symbols are different things. If you have some experience > with CL - this is an area where Clojure differs a lot. Thanks for explaining that! As it turns out, I don't have much experience in any Lisp variant. -- R. Mark Volkmann Object Computing, Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
